The NASA Goddard Fiber Optics Team in the Electrical Engineering Division of the Applied Engineering and
Technology Directorate designed, developed and integrated the space flight optical fiber array hardware for the Lunar
Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO). The two new assemblies that were designed and manufactured at GSFC for the LRO
exist in configurations that are unique in the world for the application of ranging and LIDAR. Described here is an
account of the journey and the lessons learned from design to integration for the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter and the
Laser Ranging Application on the LRO.